Jamie Conlan claimed the Commonwealth super-flyweight title on Saturday night after emerging the victor from one of the fights of the year.
Jamie, who’s the brother of world champion and Olympic hopeful Michael, showed incredible heart and toughness to come back from being knocked down twice to score a phenomenal knockout against former champion Anthony Nelson.
The Belfast native started off strong by sending his opponent to the canvas in the opening round, but Nelson recovered and knocked him down in rounds three and seven.
Nelson stared letting his hands go in the eight round to try to finish the fight, but Conlan had other plans and dropped his opponent to the mat one last time with a crunching left haymaker to the body. He tried to get back to his feet, but was unable to make the 10 count, giving Conlan the knockout victory.
Jamie Conlan. Talk about guts, talk about courage. Showed it again last night. https://t.co/ObGiI0M8TA
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) May 1, 2016
The boxing world were in awe of the spectacular ward between Conlan and Nelson, and Twitter was full of praise for the two warriors after the fight.
When you watch what Conlan & Nelson done tonight it makes you realise what a great sport boxing is
— Carl Frampton MBE (@RealCFrampton) April 30, 2016
Fight of the year! Nothing is going to beat that. True heart shown by both men and congrats to @JamieConlan11 !
— Frank Warren (@FrankWarren) April 30, 2016
Jamie Conlan! Wow! Haha what a fight!! #NelsonConlan #BoxNation
— Paddy Barnes OLY (@paddyb_ireland) April 30, 2016
What a fucking fight fantastic win @JamieConlan11
— Neil 2 Tap Seery (@NeilSeeryMMA) April 30, 2016
Wow is all we can say after that!! @JamieConlan11 😳 Fight of the year #Warrior
— Irish-Boxing.com (@Irishboxingcom) April 30, 2016
If there was World titles for bravery ! @JamieConlan11 would be a 2 time World champion !
— Packie Collins (@packycollins) April 30, 2016
